In its 2025 sustainability report released this month, Amazon previewed newer efforts around shipping labels, package rightsizing and more.

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In response to growing pressure to address the plastic pollution crisis, Amazon has been cutting down on plastic packaging. Last July, the company said it used 11.6 percent less plastic for all of its ...

Amazon is making another sustainable change. While the online retail giant still has a long way to go to reduce its pollution, its new packaging switch is designed to decrease the company's negative ...

Amazon is pulling back the curtain on how it’s teeing up more packages to arrive on doorsteps without Amazon logos. Last week, the Ships in Product Packaging program expanded by opening participation ...

Say goodbye to the guilt generated by those plastic air pillows stuffed into your Amazon purchase — the company announced earlier this month it's ceasing use of the eco-unfriendly packaging material. ...

Amazon’s automated fulfillment center in Euclid, OH, has eliminated plastic delivery packaging as part of a transition to paper-based, curbside-recyclable shipping materials at the company’s US ...

The new artificial intelligence detects which products can be shipped in their original packaging, rather than babushka doll-like Amazon boxes that can end up overflowing recycling bins. In the past ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In response to growing pressure to address the plastic pollution crisis, Amazon has ...

Over the past year, Amazon has reduced the portion of shipments it packs in its cardboard boxes in favor of lightweight plastic mailers, which enable the retailing giant to squeeze more packages in ...

Plastic packaging waste from the online retail giant Amazon ballooned to 709 million pounds globally in 2021 — equivalent to the weight of some 70,000 killer whales — according to a new report ...